Your mission
When production stops, every minute counts. You are the calm in the storm—the expert who can dive into PLC logic, chase down a VFD trip, or sort out a servo that won’t home. At Innovative IDM, we rally around Legendary Service, and we’re looking for a field diagnostics pro who turns complex control problems into smooth-running lines. This work is hands-on industrial automation—not IT.
Impact you’ll make
- Restore uptime by diagnosing and repairing PLCs, HMIs, motion controllers, AC/DC drives, and plant instrumentation.
- Execute on-site electronic repairs across a spectrum of production machinery—from basic equipment to sophisticated systems.
- Lead installations, commissioning, and start-up of industrial control and motion platforms.
- Deliver field retrofits and bring large, complex control systems online successfully.
- Provide after-hours support on a rotating on-call schedule—because operations don’t sleep.
- Partner with internal teams and customer personnel; communicate clearly, document thoroughly, and close the loop.
- Research, test, and resolve hard technical issues with a do‑whatever‑it‑takes mindset.
What you bring
- 3–5 years working with industrial electronic controls, including relays, contactors, solenoids, and control logic.
- Strong schematic reading/interpretation skills.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot, repair, and program AC VFDs and DC motor controls.
- Expertise diagnosing PLCs and servo motion controllers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication with customers and teammates.
- Self-motivated, organized, and effective with limited supervision.
- Creative, tenacious approach to solving electronic/industrial device issues.
- Capable of handling multiple projects with urgency and sound decisions.
- Bonus: Electrical/electronic ACAD and PLC programming experience.
- Education: Four-year degree preferred.
- Prepared with your own relevant hand tools.
- Attitude: positive, energetic, and collaborative—equally effective solo or with a team.
Field toolkit & platforms
- Packaging equipment, conveyor systems, pelletizer machines
- Motor Control Centers: Allen Bradley, ABB, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Eaton
- Measurement tools: Fluke multimeters; power tools
- Control ecosystems: Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi, ABB, Omron, Siemens, Schneider Electric
- Drives: Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
- PLCs: Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi, Omron, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Beckoff
- Motion: servo motors and controllers
- Robotics: ABB, Yaskawa Motoman
Professional strengths we value
- Driver’s license and readiness for field service work
- PLC troubleshooting mastery
- Broad equipment diagnostic skills
- Ability to read/produce electrical schematics
- Electrical fault isolation and corrective repair
- Mechanical troubleshooting aptitude
- Experience within food & beverage manufacturing
- PCB assembly and component familiarity
- Understanding of single‑ and three‑phase power
- Industrial electrical diagnostics & repair capability
- Industrial robot programming exposure
- OSHA 10-hour certification
- Industrial automation equipment troubleshooting
- Relay verification/testing
- Insulation resistance testing
- Hands-on PLC programming
- Machine vision system programming familiarity
- PLC wiring/panel experience
- Comprehensive knowledge of electrical/electronic systems
- Pneumatics troubleshooting
- Industrial electrical background
- Networking: TCP/IP, SD‑WAN
- Meets physical requirements of field work
- Manufacturing environment experience
- Root cause analysis mindset
What’s in it for you
- Company truck and company credit card
- Daily overtime: 1.5x pay after 8 hours/day
- Double-time for billable Sunday work
- 15% additional pay for travel assignments
- 401(k) with company match
- PTO, Personal Time, Volunteer Time, and Paid Holidays
- Student Loan Match and Tuition Reimbursement
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and FSA
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
- Accident & Critical Illness benefits
Reminder: This is not an IT role—it's industrial automation at its core.